‘Goud had affair with another woman’

HYDERABAD: The man who was murdered by sickle-wielding men in Meerpet on Thursday was also suspected to have had an affair with a married woman from his village. “Srinivas Goud had an affair with a married woman from his village. A cyber crime case was also filed against him. Sensing threat from the other family, Goud moved to Hyderabad three months ago and started staying with his nephew in Badangpet,” ACP, Vanasthalipuram, Gandhi Narayana told TOI. Around 8.45am on Thursday, Goud started from his house in Badangepet and met his relative Tirupati Goud at Teacher’s Colony. They decided to go and see a plot of land nearby. “While they were through Teacher's Colony, an Indica car came from the opposite direction and rammed into Goud’s bike. Srinivas and his relative fell on the road and two people came out of the car with hunting sickles. The duo chased and hacked Srinivas Goud to death. His relative was threatened by and he stayed away. There were people on the street, but no one tried to stop the assailants,” the ACP said.

After killing Srinivas, the accused tired to escape in the car, but as the tyre got stuck in mud, they abandoned the vehicle and took to their heels. Police seized a sickle and the car. During their preliminary probe, police found out that Goud had a criminal record. In September 2018, a businessman, Sridhar Reddy from Timmarasipally lodged a complaint against Goud with the Cyber Crime sleuths of Rachakonda police alleging that Goud was harassing his wife. He was arrested Goud and he was sent to judicial remand. After coming out of prison on bail, Goud moved to Hyderabad and started staying with his nephew, G Prashant Goud, in a room at Badangpet as he felt threat to his life from the other family. Police found that the abandoned Indica car belongs to one N Lingamaiah of Goud’s village. “We are yet to identify the assailants. “We suspect that the accused were watching the movements of the victim. Teams have gone to Timmarasipally and other places to nab the accused,” Meerpet inspector N Yadaiah said. Police shifted the body to mortuary for an autopsy and registered a murder case under Section 302 of the IPC.